Ekahau Optimizer
Automatically detect configuration issues and simplify ongoing maintenance with easy, step-by-step action plans for improved Wi-Fi.
Optimize Your Network in Seconds with Ekahau Optimizer
Just go for a walk with the Sidekick 2 to uncover actionable insights that you can deploy today. Each recommended improvement walks you through an overview of the configuration and provides a simple, step-by-step guide to optimize your network. With Optimizer, problems that used to require massive amounts of time and expertise to identify are uncovered and addressed with lightning speed.
At-a-Glance Network Health Indicators
Find potential issues in your network and get the actions required to resolve them.
Simulate Performance Improvements with Before/After Heatmaps
Review before-and-after heatmap changes to see your recommended optimizations in action. Visualize how simple fixes like adjusting TX power and reducing channel interference can have a meaningful impact on your network performance.
Detailed Action Plans
Get powerful optimizations personalized to your unique network down to the individual radio settings in each of your access points. Optimization action plans can be viewed in the browser or exported to PDF to share with colleagues or customers.
An Improved Network with Every Health Check
The best performing wireless networks are never set-it-and-forget-it. Ekahau Optimizer ensures your Wi-Fi is always at its best. Keep up with your ever-changing RF environment so you can stay ahead of any changes that are impacting your Wi-Fi performance and security.
Technical Specifications
Network Health Indicators
- Coverage
- Primary Coverage
- Identify areas with potentially down access points
- Adjust radio transmitting power levels
- Signal To Noise Ratio (SNR)
- Identify areas with low primary coverage
- Suggest removing identified interfering devices
- Primary Coverage
- Performance
- Minimum Basic Rates (MBR)
- Increase MBR if currently too low
- SSIDs Configuration
- Split multi-band SSIDs to single-band SSIDs
- Channel Width
- Set mixed channel widths of all radios on a specific band to use single channel width
- Client Compatibility
- Highlight if Management Frames Protection (MFP) is enabled on 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands
- Minimum Basic Rates (MBR)
- Mobility
- Secondary Coverage
- Identify areas with potentially down access points
- Adjust radio transmitting power levels
- Secondary Coverage
- Security
- Rogue Devices
- Identify areas with interfering devices
- Encryption
- Highlight SSIDs with weak encryption
- Suggest stronger encryption suits
- Rogue Devices
- Spectrum
- Channel Interference
- Identify areas with high channel interference
- Reduce channel width
- Channel Interference
Access Point Configuration Changes
- Channel plans
- TX power levels
- Radios on/off recommendations
- Channel widths
Network Configuration Changes
- SSID configurations
- MFP configurations
- Minimum Basic Rates
- Encryption levels
Other Changes
- Interfering devices by location and transmitted SSIDs
System & Solution Requirements
- Latest version of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge web browsers. Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
- Ekahau Connect Subscription
- Some features only available with Sidekick 2 survey data
More Ekahau Optimizer Resources
Do Even More with Ekahau Sidekick 2 and the Connect Subscription
Mobile Site Surveys
Perform incredibly accurate validation and health check surveys with just the Sidekick 2 and your Android or iOS device of choice.
Spectrum Analysis
Check live network health, conduct packet captures and troubleshoot with easy to use mobile apps for iOS and Android.
Insights Analytics
View network performance analytics and share Ekahau files with guests to view in browser.